Three of the confirmed cases were Kenyans while two were foreign nationals who had travelled into the country.

According to Kagwe, three of the patients had a travel history with one coming from Tanzania, while the other two had been in the United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates.

Three of the new cases were men while two of the patients were women.

In terms of age distribution for the new cases, the patients ranged from 39 to 77 years.

Three of the patients were from Nairobi county while one was from Mombasa county.

On a positive note, the CS confirmed four patients who had been diagnosed with COVID-19 were discharged from hospital after testing negative.

So far, Kenya has had 12 recoveries and seven fatalities.

Kagwe appealed to Kenyans to continue adhering to safety measures as prescribed by the Ministry of Health to help combat the spread of the virus.

"We have seen Kenyans observe regulations, washing hands, obeying curfew, wearing masks and social distancing encourage them to continue. However, there are those who are still lagging behind, I want to appeal to them to embrace these safety regulations.

We must jealously guard a gains we make. We can't afford to backtrack on the gains we have made," the CS said.

He noted the jua kali sector was the most notorious in violating government directives and guidelines aimed at arresting spread of COVID-19.

He specifically pointed out the boda boda operators as regular offenders of the safety measures and warned them of stern legal action should they not change for the better.

"We therefore encourage all compliant operators to compel their colleagues to observe the already set measures in order to protect the businesses that will be messed up by those who don’t observe the law," said the CS.

Kagwe also urged vegetable vendors, salons and barbershop operators to maintain high levels of hygiene and ensure social distancing was adhered to by their clients.

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